Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Dear families, 

 I have missed seeing your smiling faces this last week. As we enter into Spring Break I wanted to offer you some activity options that can be done at home. 

Below is an open link to Good Energy at Home with GoNoodle.

GoNoodle: Good Energy at Home offers free:
• Movement, yoga, and mindfulness videos
• Downloadable curricular activities
• Recommended off-screen home activities

 Stay safe and stay well. 

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Request FREE access to EPIC!

Epic is an online reading platform that we have used in the classroom. EPIC is offering free access to all of my students. If you are interested please send me a request by email and I can send you the teacher invitation. There is no credit card information required but you do need an invitation as using our current classroom code with not give you access. See the message below for more details and if you would like an invitation please message me at ankousouris@cbe.ab.ca

Epic wants to help. Beginning today, we are offering FREE worldwide Remote Student Access to Epic through the end of the school year (June 30th, 2020), by teacher invitation — no credit card required. Families only need an invitation from their teacher to get started. Students will have anywhere, anytime access to the full Epic library on all devices (including web browsers, the iOS app and the Android app), and teachers can stay connected to their students by assigning books and collections and tracking reading activity and progress.  


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